Citrix GoToAssist Enhances Mobile and BYOD Support
Citrix GoToAssist Enhances Mobile and BYOD Support
Remote Support of iOS Devices, Free App for Android, Upgraded App for iPad, and Session Recording Now Available
TORONTO, ON – August 29, 2012 – Citrix announced today that its market-leading remote support product, Citrix GoToAssist, now offers an expanded feature set to address the growing IT demand to support mobile devices. As recent research has indicated, mobile workstyles and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) company initiatives are becoming accepted business practices, putting increased pressure on IT staff to deliver fast and efficient mobile device support both on and off company networks. The new GoToAssist capabilities enable IT professionals to deliver responsive remote support of iOS devices. In addition, remote support sessions can be initiated directly from the mobile devices themselves, using new GoToAssist apps for Android and iOS. Both applications offer free unlimited remote support for attended sessions.
As the remote support technology of choice for more than 50+ million support sessions in 2011, the GoToAssist product was recently recognized as a Community Choice Honoree in the 2012 Small Business Influencer Awards in the Apps Category. GoToAssist achieved this designation by receiving top votes from its customer community and remote support users. This nomination reaffirms that GoToAssist is continuing to deliver IT support solutions that customers need and demand.
“From smartphones to tablets and laptops, mobile devices have simply become a pervasive business necessity. These are tools that organizations and their employees just can’t live without, which places increased pressure on IT professionals to provide quick and effective support to a growing number of devices,” said Elizabeth Cholawsky, vice president and general manager, IT Support Line of Business, Citrix. “At Citrix, we’re focused on IT support solutions that deliver instant effective support, maximize client satisfaction and drive real business results for new ways of working.”
New Feature Highlights:
· Remote Support of iOS Devices: IT professionals now have the ability to provide support for iPad and iPhone users and their mobile devices via optimized chat, as well as the ability to conduct secure chat sessions, update profiles and configure device settings remotely. Profiles created with the iPhone Configuration Utility can also be shared to troubleshoot problems and set business policies.
· GoToAssist for Android – free remote support app: IT professionals can deliver live support anytime, anywhere directly from their Android mobile device, instantly connecting to their clients’ computers at no cost. In addition, GoToAssist paid subscribers receive the added benefits of access to unattended machines, diagnostic viewing and other support tools.
· Updated GoToAssist App for iPad: In the new version, paid subscribers can now view diagnostic information about the computer supported, email the .TXT file of all the diagnostic reports, and transfer support sessions started from the GoToAssist Expert desktop application to the GoToAssist app for iPad (and vice versa).
· Session Recording: This new optional recording feature captures active support and chat sessions for auditing and training, enabling better monitoring of technician effectiveness and customer support. Recordings are stored for 90 days in standard downloadable MPEG-4 format.
· Language support: International versions of GoToAssist Remote Support and Monitoring are now available in French and German.
GoToAssist Remote Support offers users the ability to provide support to PCs, Macs and iOS devices and from PCs, Macs, Android and iPad devices.
Quotes:
“IRESS uses GoToAssist to remotely setup our trading software program for our clients. Both the team and our clients find the program very easy to use and helpful with solving issues. By using GoToAssist, IRESS is able to update and install software remotely. It saves us time by reducing the need to make trips to our clients’ offices, which isn’t always feasible.” Deborah Peterson, Client Services Manager, IRESS (Toronto, Ontario)
“Before using GoToAssist to provide our employees with remote IT support, we physically shipped laptops back and forth for service. On occasion, we traveled from location to location to service our machines, a practice that increased significantly during a recent acquisition. All of this was costly and inefficient. But now our IT personal can support our employees without leaving the office. They are very, very excited about GoToAssist, which saves us time and money.” Darcy White, Director, Marketing Strategy and Content Solium Capital (Calgary, Alberta)
“GoToAssist is a one-stop shop. I can do so much with a couple clicks of my mouse. I can remotely connect into my client’s machines quickly and provide service with no problems. With the mobile support features, I can be even more responsive. The session recording will be great for trainings or for clients that want more detail on the resolution history – we plan to include this as another value added service. I truly love the service.” Goran Donev, Owner, Donev Technology Consulting (Chicago, Illinois)
Related Links
· Citrix Recognized as Community Choice Honoree in 2012 Small Business Influencer Award
· Supporting Mobile Devices with New Tools From GoToAssist
· Session Recording with GoToAssist
· CitrixSynergy 2012: Celebrating 10 Years of GoToAssist Remote Support
· Citrix GoToAssist Has Fastest Remote Support Connection Times in Head-to-Head Industry Comparison
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About Citrix
Citrix (NASDAQ:CTXS) transforms how businesses and IT work and people collaborate in the cloud era. With market-leading cloud, collaboration, networking and virtualization technologies, Citrix powers mobile workstyles and cloud services, making complex enterprise IT simpler and more accessible for 260,000 organizations. Citrix products touch 75 percent of Internet users each day and it partners with more than 10,000 companies in 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2011 was $2.21 billion. Learn more at www.citrix.com.
The Online Services division of Citrix provides secure, easy-to-use cloud-based solutions that enable people to work from anywhere with anyone. Whether using GoToMeeting to hold online meetings, GoToWebinar to conduct larger web events, GoToTraining to train customers or employees, Podio to create customized workspaces and apps to collaborate with anyone, GoToMyPC to access and work on a remote Mac or PC, GoToAssist to provide IT support and management or ShareFile to securely share files, documents and data, businesses and individuals are increasing productivity, decreasing travel costs and improving sales, training and service on a global basis. For more information, visit www.citrixonline.com.
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